The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28, sentence 40
And if she asks, “Wert thou at the battle of the birds?” answer that thou wert, and if she asks, “Didst thou see my likeness?” answer that thou sawest it, but be sure thou meetest me in the morning at this place.’
Who acts: sister, thou · What happens: ask, do, see, be · To what, where: answer, likeness, place · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, thou), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Wert | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 asks | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Wert | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Wert | punct |
| 7 | Wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 Wert | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 battle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 battle | det |
| 11 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Wert | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 birds | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 birds | det |
| 14 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 answer | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 birds | punct |
| 16 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 birds | punct |
| 17 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 battle | nmod |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 wert | obj |
| 19 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 wert | nsubj |
| 20 | wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 answer | acl:relcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Didst | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 Didst | cc |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 asks | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 asks | nsubj |
| 25 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 Didst | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 asks | punct |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Didst | punct |
| 28 | Didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Wert | conj |
| 29 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 see | nsubj |
| 30 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 Didst | xcomp |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 likeness | nmod:poss |
| 32 | likeness | likeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 see | obj |
| 33 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 30 see | punct |
| 34 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Didst | punct |
| 35 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Didst | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 sawest | obj |
| 37 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 38 sawest | nsubj |
| 38 | sawest | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 answer | acl:relcl |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 sawest | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 sure | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 sure | cc |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 sure | cop |
| 43 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Wert | conj |
| 44 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 45 meetest | nsubj |
| 45 | meetest | meet | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 43 sure | ccomp |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 meetest | iobj |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 morning | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 morning | det |
| 49 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 meetest | obl |
| 50 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 place | case |
| 51 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 place | det |
| 52 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sure | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Wert | punct |
| 54 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 Wert | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | sister | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | present | sister | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | past | answer | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | see in a quote | infinitive | thou | my likeness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer likeness=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | see | past | thou | answer | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | infinitive | this place | sure property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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